Echols
Echols was held at the Quitman jail in Clarke County, Mississippi, after a crowd gathered at the Meridian jail and made threats of lynching. Early on Sunday, September 12, 1920, a small group of men overpowered the sheriff at the Quitman jail, took the keys, removed Echols from his cell and drove him away in an automobile. He was shot to death on a public road about two miles from Quitman, according to Sheriff Evans of Clarke County, as relayed to Sheriff Martin.
Cause of death, as reported: Taken from custody and lynched. Sheriff Evans of Clarke County, as reported to Sheriff Martin, said Echols was shot, his body riddled with bullets, after a mob took him from the Quitman jail.
Reported by: Sheriff Evans of Clarke County, as reported to Sheriff Martin (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.